This area lies
some 20 miles west of Dumfries.
Take either the A710 or the A711 from Dumfries. The A711 is the more direct
route and brings you through Dalbeattie. This road carries on past Palnackie
(as you can see on the map below) to Auchencairn, then past Dundrennan
Abbey and on to Kirkcudbright.
For the routes on the Almorness and Torr peninsulas, the Screel and Bengairn
route and the Balcary Rascarrel Route the A711 through Dalbeattie
is the way you would go. For routes around Sandyhills, Portling and Rockcliffe
the A710 from Dumfries via New
Abbey would be the road to take - it is the more scenic anyway.